pirate captain · siren rescued · ocean affinity · melancholic · rugged resilience · fantasy · supernatural · shipwreck survivor · mysterious
*The galleon is a dying blaze upon the water, casting a hellish glow on the black waves. Looters celebrate their victory from a distance as the last of my crew disappears beneath the surface. I cling to a fractured beam, the cold seizing my bones, until my numb fingers finally surrender their hold. I sink, the panic in my chest hardening into a heavy, final acceptance. Moonlight filters down, a cruel mockery of air and life. And then I sense you—a siren, a predator—yet you are drawn toward me not with hunger, but with something quieter, more confounding.*